diff --git a/src/AColor.cpp b/src/AColor.cpp
index f45847215..052b78bd8 100644
--- a/src/AColor.cpp
+++ b/src/AColor.cpp
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ It is also a place to document colour usage policy in Audacity
 
 
 #include "AColor.h"
-
+#include "AColorResources.h"
 
 
 #include <wx/window.h>
@@ -635,13 +635,23 @@ void AColor::DarkMIDIChannel(wxDC * dc, int channel /* 1 - 16 */ )
 
 
 
-unsigned char AColor::gradient_pre[ColorGradientTotal][2][gradientSteps][3];
+unsigned char AColor::gradient_pre[ColorGradientTotal][colorSchemes][gradientSteps][3];
 
 void AColor::PreComputeGradient() {
    if (gradient_inited) return;
    gradient_inited = 1;
 
+   // Keep in correspondence with enum SpectrogramSettings::ColorScheme
+
+   // colorScheme 0: Color (New)
+   std::copy_n(&specColormap[0][0], gradientSteps * 3, &gradient_pre[ColorGradientUnselected][0][0][0]);
+   std::copy_n(&selColormap[0][0], gradientSteps * 3, &gradient_pre[ColorGradientTimeSelected][0][0][0]);
+   std::copy_n(&freqSelColormap[0][0], gradientSteps * 3, &gradient_pre[ColorGradientTimeAndFrequencySelected][0][0][0]);
+   std::fill_n(&gradient_pre[ColorGradientEdge][0][0][0], gradientSteps * 3, 0);
+
+
    for (int selected = 0; selected < ColorGradientTotal; selected++) {
+      // Get color scheme from Theme
       const int gsteps = 4;
       float gradient[gsteps + 1][3];
       theTheme.Colour( clrSpectro1 ) = theTheme.Colour( clrUnselected );
@@ -654,7 +664,7 @@ void AColor::PreComputeGradient() {
          gradient[ j] [2] = c.Blue()/255.0;
       }
 
-      // Color
+      // colorScheme 1: Color (from theme)
       for (int i = 0; i<gradientSteps; i++) {
          float r, g, b;
          float value = float(i)/gradientSteps;
@@ -699,12 +709,46 @@ void AColor::PreComputeGradient() {
             b = 0;
             break;
          }
-         gradient_pre[selected][0][i][0] = (unsigned char) (255 * r);
-         gradient_pre[selected][0][i][1] = (unsigned char) (255 * g);
-         gradient_pre[selected][0][i][2] = (unsigned char) (255 * b);
+         gradient_pre[selected][1][i][0] = (unsigned char) (255 * r);
+         gradient_pre[selected][1][i][1] = (unsigned char) (255 * g);
+         gradient_pre[selected][1][i][2] = (unsigned char) (255 * b);
       }
-    
-      // Grayscale
+
+      // colorScheme 2: Grayscale
+      for (int i = 0; i < gradientSteps; i++) {
+         float r, g, b;
+         float value = float(i) / gradientSteps;
+
+         r = g = b = value;
+
+         switch (selected) {
+         case ColorGradientUnselected:
+            // not dimmed
+            break;
+
+         case ColorGradientTimeAndFrequencySelected:
+            // else fall through to SAME grayscale colour as normal selection.
+            // The white lines show it up clearly enough.
+
+         case ColorGradientTimeSelected:
+            // partly dimmed
+            r = r * 0.75f + 0.25f;
+            g = g * 0.75f + 0.25f;
+            b = b * 0.75f + 0.25f;
+            break;
+
+         case ColorGradientEdge:
+            r = 1.0f;
+            g = 1.0f;
+            b = 1.0f;
+            break;
+         }
+         gradient_pre[selected][2][i][0] = (unsigned char)(255 * r);
+         gradient_pre[selected][2][i][1] = (unsigned char)(255 * g);
+         gradient_pre[selected][2][i][2] = (unsigned char)(255 * b);
+      }
+
+      // colorScheme 3: Inv. Grayscale (=Old grayscale)
       for (int i = 0; i<gradientSteps; i++) {
          float r, g, b;
          float value = float(i)/gradientSteps;
@@ -737,9 +781,9 @@ void AColor::PreComputeGradient() {
             b = 1.0f;
             break;
          }
-         gradient_pre[selected][1][i][0] = (unsigned char) (255 * r);
-         gradient_pre[selected][1][i][1] = (unsigned char) (255 * g);
-         gradient_pre[selected][1][i][2] = (unsigned char) (255 * b);
+         gradient_pre[selected][3][i][0] = (unsigned char) (255 * r);
+         gradient_pre[selected][3][i][1] = (unsigned char) (255 * g);
+         gradient_pre[selected][3][i][2] = (unsigned char) (255 * b);
       }
    }
 }
diff --git a/src/AColor.h b/src/AColor.h
index 26138822b..a1b2f3341 100644
--- a/src/AColor.h
+++ b/src/AColor.h
@@ -123,8 +123,9 @@ class AUDACITY_DLL_API AColor {
    static wxBrush tooltipBrush;
 
    static bool gradient_inited;
-   static const int gradientSteps = 512;
-   static unsigned char gradient_pre[ColorGradientTotal][2][gradientSteps][3];
+   static const int colorSchemes = 4;
+   static const int gradientSteps = 256;
+   static unsigned char gradient_pre[ColorGradientTotal][colorSchemes][gradientSteps][3];
 
    // For experiments in mouse-over highlighting only
    static wxPen uglyPen;
@@ -139,16 +140,16 @@ class AUDACITY_DLL_API AColor {
 
 inline void GetColorGradient(float value,
                              AColor::ColorGradientChoice selected,
-                             bool grayscale,
+                             int colorScheme,
                              unsigned char * __restrict red,
                              unsigned char * __restrict green,
                              unsigned char * __restrict blue) {
 
    int idx = value * (AColor::gradientSteps - 1);
 
-   *red = AColor::gradient_pre[selected][grayscale][idx][0];
-   *green = AColor::gradient_pre[selected][grayscale][idx][1];
-   *blue = AColor::gradient_pre[selected][grayscale][idx][2];
+   *red = AColor::gradient_pre[selected][colorScheme][idx][0];
+   *green = AColor::gradient_pre[selected][colorScheme][idx][1];
+   *blue = AColor::gradient_pre[selected][colorScheme][idx][2];
 }
 
 #endif
diff --git a/src/AColorResources.h b/src/AColorResources.h
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..c23e2f93a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/AColorResources.h
@@ -0,0 +1,789 @@
+/**********************************************************************
+
+  Audacity: A Digital Audio Editor
+
+  AColorResources.h
+  
+  Colormap generated by using gen_wheel.py at
+  https://github.com/dofuuz/audacity-colormap
+
+**********************************************************************/
+
+
+const unsigned char specColormap[256][3] = {
+   {  0,   0,   0},
+   {  0,   0,   0},
+   {  0,   0,   0},
+   {  0,   1,   0},
+   {  0,   1,   1},
+   {  1,   1,   1},
+   {  1,   2,   2},
+   {  1,   2,   2},
+   {  1,   3,   3},
+   {  1,   4,   4},
+   {  2,   5,   4},
+   {  2,   6,   5},
+   {  2,   7,   6},
+   {  2,   8,   8},
+   {  2,   9,   9},
+   {  2,  10,  10},
+   {  2,  11,  12},
+   {  2,  13,  13},
+   {  2,  14,  15},
+   {  2,  15,  16},
+   {  2,  16,  18},
+   {  2,  18,  19},
+   {  2,  19,  21},
+   {  2,  20,  22},
+   {  1,  21,  24},
+   {  1,  22,  26},
+   {  1,  23,  27},
+   {  1,  25,  29},
+   {  0,  26,  31},
+   {  0,  27,  33},
+   {  0,  28,  34},
+   {  0,  29,  36},
+   {  0,  30,  38},
+   {  0,  31,  40},
+   {  0,  32,  42},
+   {  0,  33,  44},
+   {  0,  34,  46},
+   {  0,  35,  48},
+   {  0,  36,  50},
+   {  0,  37,  52},
+   {  0,  38,  55},
+   {  0,  39,  57},
+   {  0,  40,  59},
+   {  0,  41,  61},
+   {  0,  42,  64},
+   {  0,  42,  66},
+   {  0,  43,  69},
+   {  0,  44,  71},
+   {  0,  45,  73},
+   {  0,  46,  76},
+   {  0,  46,  79},
+   {  0,  47,  81},
+   {  0,  48,  84},
+   {  0,  48,  86},
+   {  1,  49,  89},
+   {  3,  49,  92},
+   {  5,  50,  94},
+   {  7,  50,  97},
+   { 10,  51, 100},
+   { 13,  51, 102},
+   { 16,  51, 105},
+   { 19,  52, 108},
+   { 22,  52, 111},
+   { 25,  52, 113},
+   { 27,  53, 116},
+   { 30,  53, 119},
+   { 33,  53, 121},
+   { 35,  53, 124},
+   { 38,  53, 127},
+   { 41,  53, 129},
+   { 43,  53, 132},
+   { 46,  53, 134},
+   { 49,  53, 137},
+   { 52,  53, 139},
+   { 54,  52, 142},
+   { 57,  52, 144},
+   { 60,  52, 146},
+   { 62,  52, 148},
+   { 65,  51, 151},
+   { 68,  51, 153},
+   { 70,  51, 155},
+   { 73,  50, 157},
+   { 76,  50, 159},
+   { 78,  49, 161},
+   { 81,  49, 162},
+   { 84,  48, 164},
+   { 86,  48, 166},
+   { 89,  47, 167},
+   { 92,  46, 169},
+   { 94,  46, 170},
+   { 97,  45, 171},
+   { 99,  45, 172},
+   {102,  44, 173},
+   {105,  44, 174},
+   {107,  43, 175},
+   {110,  42, 176},
+   {112,  42, 177},
+   {115,  41, 178},
+   {117,  41, 178},
+   {120,  40, 179},
+   {122,  40, 179},
+   {124,  39, 179},
+   {127,  39, 180},
+   {129,  38, 180},
+   {132,  38, 180},
+   {134,  37, 180},
+   {136,  37, 180},
+   {139,  37, 179},
+   {141,  37, 179},
+   {143,  36, 179},
+   {146,  36, 178},
+   {148,  36, 178},
+   {150,  36, 177},
+   {152,  36, 176},
+   {155,  36, 176},
+   {157,  36, 175},
+   {159,  36, 174},
+   {161,  36, 173},
+   {163,  37, 172},
+   {165,  37, 171},
+   {167,  37, 170},
+   {170,  38, 169},
+   {172,  38, 167},
+   {174,  39, 166},
+   {176,  39, 165},
+   {178,  40, 163},
+   {180,  41, 162},
+   {182,  41, 160},
+   {183,  42, 159},
+   {185,  43, 157},
+   {187,  44, 155},
+   {189,  45, 154},
+   {191,  45, 152},
+   {193,  46, 150},
+   {195,  47, 149},
+   {196,  48, 147},
+   {198,  49, 145},
+   {200,  50, 143},
+   {202,  51, 141},
+   {203,  53, 139},
+   {205,  54, 138},
+   {207,  55, 136},
+   {208,  56, 134},
+   {210,  57, 132},
+   {211,  59, 130},
+   {213,  60, 128},
+   {214,  61, 126},
+   {216,  63, 124},
+   {217,  64, 122},
+   {219,  65, 120},
+   {220,  67, 118},
+   {222,  68, 116},
+   {223,  70, 114},
+   {224,  71, 112},
+   {226,  72, 110},
+   {227,  74, 108},
+   {228,  75, 106},
+   {230,  77, 104},
+   {231,  78, 102},
+   {232,  80, 100},
+   {233,  81,  98},
+   {234,  83,  96},
+   {236,  84,  94},
+   {237,  86,  92},
+   {238,  87,  91},
+   {239,  89,  89},
+   {240,  91,  87},
+   {241,  92,  85},
+   {242,  94,  83},
+   {243,  96,  81},
+   {244,  97,  79},
+   {245,  99,  77},
+   {246, 101,  75},
+   {247, 102,  73},
+   {248, 104,  71},
+   {249, 106,  69},
+   {249, 108,  67},
+   {250, 110,  65},
+   {251, 111,  63},
+   {251, 113,  61},
+   {252, 115,  59},
+   {253, 117,  57},
+   {253, 119,  55},
+   {254, 121,  53},
+   {254, 123,  51},
+   {254, 125,  49},
+   {255, 127,  48},
+   {255, 129,  46},
+   {255, 131,  44},
+   {255, 134,  43},
+   {255, 136,  41},
+   {255, 138,  40},
+   {255, 140,  39},
+   {255, 142,  38},
+   {255, 145,  37},
+   {255, 147,  36},
+   {255, 149,  35},
+   {255, 151,  35},
+   {254, 154,  35},
+   {254, 156,  36},
+   {253, 158,  36},
+   {253, 161,  37},
+   {252, 163,  38},
+   {252, 166,  40},
+   {251, 168,  41},
+   {250, 170,  43},
+   {249, 173,  45},
+   {248, 175,  48},
+   {248, 177,  50},
+   {247, 180,  53},
+   {246, 182,  56},
+   {245, 185,  59},
+   {244, 187,  63},
+   {242, 189,  66},
+   {241, 192,  70},
+   {240, 194,  73},
+   {239, 196,  77},
+   {238, 198,  81},
+   {237, 200,  85},
+   {236, 203,  90},
+   {234, 205,  94},
+   {233, 207,  99},
+   {232, 209, 103},
+   {231, 211, 108},
+   {230, 213, 112},
+   {229, 215, 117},
+   {228, 217, 122},
+   {227, 219, 127},
+   {227, 220, 132},
+   {226, 222, 137},
+   {226, 224, 142},
+   {225, 225, 147},
+   {225, 227, 152},
+   {225, 228, 157},
+   {225, 230, 163},
+   {225, 231, 168},
+   {225, 233, 173},
+   {226, 234, 178},
+   {226, 235, 183},
+   {227, 236, 188},
+   {228, 237, 192},
+   {229, 238, 197},
+   {230, 239, 202},
+   {232, 240, 206},
+   {233, 241, 211},
+   {235, 242, 215},
+   {236, 243, 219},
+   {238, 244, 223},
+   {240, 245, 227},
+   {242, 245, 231},
+   {244, 246, 235},
+   {247, 247, 238},
+   {249, 248, 241},
+   {251, 248, 245},
+   {253, 249, 247},
+   {255, 250, 250},
+};
+
+const unsigned char selColormap[256][3] = {
+   { 77,  77,  77},
+   { 77,  77,  77},
+   { 77,  77,  77},
+   { 77,  77,  77},
+   { 77,  77,  77},
+   { 77,  78,  77},
+   { 77,  78,  78},
+   { 77,  78,  78},
+   { 77,  79,  79},
+   { 78,  80,  79},
+   { 78,  80,  80},
+   { 78,  81,  81},
+   { 78,  82,  82},
+   { 78,  83,  83},
+   { 78,  84,  84},
+   { 78,  85,  85},
+   { 78,  86,  86},
+   { 78,  87,  87},
+   { 78,  88,  88},
+   { 78,  89,  89},
+   { 78,  90,  91},
+   { 78,  91,  92},
+   { 78,  91,  93},
+   { 78,  92,  94},
+   { 78,  93,  96},
+   { 77,  94,  97},
+   { 77,  95,  98},
+   { 77,  96, 100},
+   { 77,  97, 101},
+   { 76,  98, 103},
+   { 76,  99, 104},
+   { 76, 100, 105},
+   { 75, 100, 107},
+   { 75, 101, 109},
+   { 75, 102, 110},
+   { 74, 103, 112},
+   { 74, 104, 113},
+   { 74, 105, 115},
+   { 73, 105, 117},
+   { 73, 106, 118},
+   { 72, 107, 120},
+   { 72, 108, 122},
+   { 72, 108, 124},
+   { 72, 109, 126},
+   { 72, 110, 127},
+   { 72, 110, 129},
+   { 72, 111, 131},
+   { 72, 112, 133},
+   { 72, 112, 135},
+   { 72, 113, 137},
+   { 73, 113, 139},
+   { 74, 114, 141},
+   { 75, 115, 143},
+   { 76, 115, 146},
+   { 77, 116, 148},
+   { 79, 116, 150},
+   { 80, 116, 152},
+   { 82, 117, 154},
+   { 85, 117, 156},
+   { 87, 117, 158},
+   { 90, 118, 161},
+   { 92, 118, 163},
+   { 94, 118, 165},
+   { 96, 118, 167},
+   { 98, 119, 169},
+   {101, 119, 171},
+   {103, 119, 173},
+   {105, 119, 176},
+   {107, 119, 178},
+   {109, 119, 180},
+   {111, 119, 182},
+   {113, 119, 184},
+   {116, 119, 186},
+   {118, 119, 188},
+   {120, 118, 190},
+   {122, 118, 192},
+   {124, 118, 193},
+   {126, 118, 195},
+   {128, 118, 197},
+   {131, 117, 199},
+   {133, 117, 200},
+   {135, 117, 202},
+   {137, 116, 203},
+   {139, 116, 205},
+   {141, 115, 206},
+   {143, 115, 208},
+   {146, 115, 209},
+   {148, 114, 210},
+   {150, 114, 211},
+   {152, 113, 212},
+   {154, 113, 213},
+   {156, 112, 214},
+   {158, 112, 215},
+   {160, 111, 216},
+   {162, 111, 217},
+   {164, 110, 217},
+   {166, 110, 218},
+   {168, 110, 219},
+   {170, 109, 219},
+   {172, 109, 219},
+   {174, 108, 220},
+   {176, 108, 220},
+   {178, 107, 220},
+   {180, 107, 220},
+   {182, 107, 220},
+   {184, 106, 220},
+   {186, 106, 220},
+   {187, 106, 220},
+   {189, 106, 220},
+   {191, 106, 219},
+   {193, 105, 219},
+   {195, 105, 219},
+   {197, 105, 218},
+   {198, 105, 218},
+   {200, 105, 217},
+   {202, 105, 216},
+   {204, 105, 216},
+   {205, 106, 215},
+   {207, 106, 214},
+   {209, 106, 213},
+   {210, 106, 212},
+   {212, 107, 211},
+   {214, 107, 210},
+   {215, 108, 209},
+   {217, 108, 208},
+   {219, 108, 207},
+   {220, 109, 206},
+   {222, 110, 205},
+   {223, 110, 203},
+   {225, 111, 202},
+   {226, 111, 201},
+   {228, 112, 200},
+   {229, 113, 198},
+   {231, 114, 197},
+   {232, 114, 195},
+   {234, 115, 194},
+   {235, 116, 193},
+   {236, 117, 191},
+   {238, 118, 190},
+   {239, 119, 188},
+   {240, 120, 187},
+   {242, 120, 185},
+   {243, 121, 183},
+   {244, 122, 182},
+   {246, 123, 180},
+   {247, 124, 179},
+   {248, 126, 177},
+   {249, 127, 176},
+   {250, 128, 174},
+   {252, 129, 173},
+   {253, 130, 171},
+   {254, 131, 169},
+   {255, 132, 168},
+   {255, 133, 166},
+   {255, 134, 165},
+   {255, 136, 163},
+   {255, 137, 162},
+   {255, 138, 160},
+   {255, 139, 158},
+   {255, 140, 157},
+   {255, 142, 155},
+   {255, 143, 154},
+   {255, 144, 152},
+   {255, 145, 150},
+   {255, 146, 149},
+   {255, 148, 147},
+   {255, 149, 146},
+   {255, 150, 144},
+   {255, 152, 143},
+   {255, 153, 141},
+   {255, 154, 139},
+   {255, 156, 138},
+   {255, 157, 136},
+   {255, 158, 135},
+   {255, 160, 133},
+   {255, 161, 131},
+   {255, 163, 130},
+   {255, 164, 128},
+   {255, 166, 127},
+   {255, 167, 125},
+   {255, 169, 124},
+   {255, 170, 122},
+   {255, 172, 120},
+   {255, 173, 119},
+   {255, 175, 117},
+   {255, 177, 116},
+   {255, 178, 115},
+   {255, 180, 113},
+   {255, 182, 112},
+   {255, 183, 111},
+   {255, 185, 109},
+   {255, 187, 108},
+   {255, 189, 107},
+   {255, 190, 107},
+   {255, 192, 106},
+   {255, 194, 105},
+   {255, 196, 105},
+   {255, 198, 105},
+   {255, 200, 105},
+   {255, 201, 105},
+   {255, 203, 105},
+   {255, 205, 106},
+   {255, 207, 107},
+   {255, 209, 108},
+   {255, 211, 109},
+   {255, 213, 111},
+   {255, 215, 113},
+   {255, 217, 115},
+   {255, 218, 117},
+   {255, 220, 119},
+   {255, 222, 121},
+   {255, 224, 124},
+   {255, 226, 127},
+   {255, 228, 129},
+   {255, 230, 132},
+   {255, 232, 135},
+   {255, 233, 138},
+   {255, 235, 142},
+   {255, 237, 145},
+   {255, 239, 148},
+   {255, 240, 152},
+   {255, 242, 155},
+   {255, 244, 159},
+   {255, 245, 163},
+   {255, 247, 166},
+   {255, 248, 170},
+   {255, 250, 174},
+   {255, 251, 178},
+   {255, 253, 182},
+   {255, 254, 186},
+   {255, 255, 190},
+   {255, 255, 194},
+   {255, 255, 198},
+   {255, 255, 202},
+   {255, 255, 207},
+   {255, 255, 211},
+   {255, 255, 215},
+   {255, 255, 219},
+   {255, 255, 223},
+   {255, 255, 227},
+   {255, 255, 230},
+   {255, 255, 234},
+   {255, 255, 238},
+   {255, 255, 242},
+   {255, 255, 245},
+   {255, 255, 249},
+   {255, 255, 252},
+   {255, 255, 255},
+   {255, 255, 255},
+   {255, 255, 255},
+   {255, 255, 255},
+   {255, 255, 255},
+   {255, 255, 255},
+   {255, 255, 255},
+   {255, 255, 255},
+   {255, 255, 255},
+};
+
+const unsigned char freqSelColormap[256][3] = {
+   { 62,  65,  89},
+   { 63,  65,  91},
+   { 64,  66,  92},
+   { 65,  66,  94},
+   { 66,  66,  95},
+   { 67,  67,  97},
+   { 68,  67,  98},
+   { 70,  67, 100},
+   { 71,  68, 101},
+   { 72,  68, 103},
+   { 74,  68, 104},
+   { 75,  69, 106},
+   { 76,  69, 107},
+   { 78,  69, 109},
+   { 79,  69, 110},
+   { 81,  69, 112},
+   { 82,  70, 113},
+   { 84,  70, 115},
+   { 86,  70, 116},
+   { 87,  70, 118},
+   { 89,  70, 119},
+   { 91,  70, 120},
+   { 92,  70, 122},
+   { 94,  70, 123},
+   { 96,  70, 124},
+   { 98,  70, 126},
+   {100,  70, 127},
+   {102,  70, 128},
+   {104,  70, 129},
+   {106,  69, 130},
+   {108,  69, 132},
+   {110,  69, 133},
+   {112,  69, 134},
+   {114,  69, 135},
+   {116,  68, 136},
+   {118,  68, 137},
+   {120,  68, 138},
+   {122,  67, 138},
+   {124,  67, 139},
+   {126,  66, 140},
+   {129,  66, 141},
+   {131,  65, 141},
+   {133,  65, 142},
+   {135,  64, 142},
+   {138,  64, 142},
+   {140,  63, 143},
+   {142,  63, 143},
+   {144,  62, 143},
+   {147,  61, 143},
+   {149,  61, 143},
+   {151,  60, 143},
+   {153,  59, 143},
+   {156,  59, 142},
+   {158,  58, 142},
+   {160,  57, 141},
+   {162,  57, 141},
+   {165,  56, 140},
+   {167,  55, 139},
+   {169,  55, 138},
+   {171,  54, 137},
+   {173,  53, 136},
+   {176,  53, 135},
+   {178,  52, 134},
+   {180,  51, 133},
+   {182,  51, 131},
+   {184,  50, 130},
+   {186,  50, 128},
+   {188,  49, 127},
+   {190,  49, 125},
+   {192,  49, 123},
+   {194,  48, 121},
+   {196,  48, 119},
+   {198,  48, 117},
+   {200,  48, 115},
+   {202,  48, 113},
+   {203,  47, 110},
+   {205,  47, 108},
+   {207,  48, 106},
+   {209,  48, 103},
+   {210,  48, 101},
+   {212,  48,  98},
+   {214,  48,  96},
+   {215,  49,  93},
+   {217,  49,  91},
+   {218,  50,  88},
+   {220,  50,  85},
+   {221,  51,  83},
+   {223,  52,  80},
+   {224,  53,  77},
+   {225,  54,  74},
+   {226,  55,  71},
+   {228,  56,  68},
+   {229,  57,  65},
+   {230,  58,  62},
+   {231,  59,  59},
+   {232,  60,  56},
+   {233,  62,  53},
+   {234,  63,  49},
+   {235,  64,  46},
+   {236,  66,  42},
+   {237,  67,  38},
+   {238,  69,  35},
+   {239,  71,  30},
+   {239,  72,  26},
+   {240,  74,  20},
+   {241,  76,  14},
+   {241,  77,   5},
+   {242,  79,   0},
+   {243,  81,   0},
+   {243,  83,   0},
+   {244,  85,   0},
+   {244,  87,   0},
+   {244,  89,   0},
+   {245,  91,   0},
+   {245,  93,   0},
+   {245,  95,   0},
+   {245,  97,   0},
+   {245,  99,   0},
+   {245, 101,   0},
+   {245, 103,   0},
+   {245, 105,   0},
+   {245, 108,   0},
+   {245, 110,   0},
+   {245, 112,   0},
+   {245, 114,   0},
+   {244, 116,   0},
+   {244, 119,   0},
+   {243, 121,   0},
+   {243, 123,   0},
+   {242, 126,   0},
+   {242, 128,   0},
+   {241, 130,   0},
+   {241, 132,   0},
+   {240, 135,   0},
+   {239, 137,   0},
+   {238, 139,   0},
+   {237, 142,   0},
+   {236, 144,   0},
+   {235, 146,   0},
+   {234, 149,   0},
+   {233, 151,   0},
+   {232, 154,   0},
+   {230, 156,   0},
+   {229, 158,   0},
+   {227, 161,   0},
+   {226, 163,   0},
+   {224, 165,   0},
+   {223, 168,   0},
+   {221, 170,   0},
+   {219, 173,   0},
+   {217, 175,   0},
+   {215, 177,   0},
+   {213, 180,   0},
+   {211, 182,   0},
+   {209, 184,   0},
+   {207, 187,   0},
+   {205, 189,   0},
+   {202, 191,   0},
+   {200, 193,   0},
+   {197, 196,   0},
+   {195, 198,   0},
+   {192, 200,   0},
+   {189, 203,   0},
+   {186, 205,   0},
+   {183, 207,   0},
+   {180, 209,   0},
+   {177, 211,   0},
+   {174, 214,   0},
+   {170, 216,   0},
+   {167, 218,   0},
+   {163, 220,   0},
+   {159, 222,   0},
+   {155, 225,   0},
+   {151, 227,   0},
+   {147, 229,   0},
+   {142, 231,   0},
+   {137, 233,  10},
+   {132, 235,  24},
+   {127, 237,  34},
+   {121, 239,  42},
+   {116, 241,  50},
+   {109, 243,  56},
+   {103, 245,  63},
+   { 95, 247,  69},
+   { 88, 249,  75},
+   { 79, 251,  80},
+   { 69, 253,  86},
+   { 57, 255,  91},
+   { 42, 255,  97},
+   { 18, 255, 102},
+   {  0, 255, 107},
+   {  0, 255, 113},
+   {  0, 255, 118},
+   {  0, 255, 123},
+   {  0, 255, 129},
+   {  0, 255, 134},
+   {  0, 255, 139},
+   {  0, 255, 144},
+   {  0, 255, 149},
+   {  0, 255, 155},
+   {  0, 255, 160},
+   {  0, 255, 165},
+   {  0, 255, 170},
+   {  0, 255, 175},
+   {  0, 255, 180},
+   {  0, 255, 185},
+   {  0, 255, 190},
+   {  0, 255, 195},
+   {  0, 255, 200},
+   {  0, 255, 205},
+   {  0, 255, 210},
+   {  0, 255, 214},
+   {  0, 255, 219},
+   {  0, 255, 223},
+   {  0, 255, 228},
+   {  0, 255, 232},
+   {  0, 255, 237},
+   {  0, 255, 241},
+   {  0, 255, 245},
+   {  0, 255, 249},
+   {  0, 255, 253},
+   {  0, 255, 255},
+   {  0, 255, 255},
+   { 21, 255, 255},
+   { 50, 255, 255},
+   { 68, 255, 255},
+   { 82, 255, 255},
+   { 95, 255, 255},
+   {106, 255, 255},
+   {116, 255, 255},
+   {126, 255, 255},
+   {135, 255, 255},
+   {143, 255, 255},
+   {151, 255, 255},
+   {159, 255, 255},
+   {166, 255, 255},
+   {173, 255, 255},
+   {180, 255, 255},
+   {187, 255, 255},
+   {193, 255, 255},
+   {199, 255, 255},
+   {205, 255, 255},
+   {211, 255, 255},
+   {216, 255, 255},
+   {222, 255, 255},
+   {227, 255, 255},
+   {232, 255, 255},
+   {237, 255, 255},
+   {241, 255, 255},
+   {246, 255, 255},
+   {250, 255, 255},
+   {254, 255, 255},
+   {255, 255, 255},
+   {255, 255, 255},
+   {255, 255, 255},
+   {255, 255, 253},
+};
+
diff --git a/src/Experimental.cmake b/src/Experimental.cmake
index 30c01792a..6f1cf747b 100644
--- a/src/Experimental.cmake
+++ b/src/Experimental.cmake
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ set( EXPERIMENTAL_OPTIONS_LIST
    # Define this so that sync-lock tiles shine through spectrogram.
    # The spectrogram pastes a bitmap over the tiles.
    # This makes it use alpha blending, most transparent where least intense.
-   SPECTROGRAM_OVERLAY
+   #SPECTROGRAM_OVERLAY
 
    # Define this so that sync-lock tiles shine through note/MIDI track.
    # The note track then relies on the same code for drawing background as
diff --git a/src/commands/SetTrackInfoCommand.cpp b/src/commands/SetTrackInfoCommand.cpp
index 510cd8dab..4119facab 100644
--- a/src/commands/SetTrackInfoCommand.cpp
+++ b/src/commands/SetTrackInfoCommand.cpp
@@ -320,7 +320,9 @@ bool SetTrackVisualsCommand::DefineParams( ShuttleParams & S ){
 
    S.OptionalN( bHasUseSpecPrefs   ).Define(     bUseSpecPrefs,   wxT("SpecPrefs"),  false );
    S.OptionalN( bHasSpectralSelect ).Define(     bSpectralSelect, wxT("SpectralSel"),true );
-   S.OptionalN( bHasGrayScale      ).Define(     bGrayScale,      wxT("GrayScale"),  false );
+
+   auto schemes = SpectrogramSettings::GetColorSchemeNames();
+   S.OptionalN( bHasSpecColorScheme).DefineEnum( mSpecColorScheme,wxT("SpecColor"),  SpectrogramSettings::csColorNew, schemes.data(), schemes.size());
 
    return true;
 };
@@ -356,7 +358,14 @@ void SetTrackVisualsCommand::PopulateOrExchange(ShuttleGui & S)
       S.SetStretchyCol( 1 );
       S.Optional( bHasUseSpecPrefs   ).TieCheckBox( XXO("Use Spectral Prefs"), bUseSpecPrefs );
       S.Optional( bHasSpectralSelect ).TieCheckBox( XXO("Spectral Select"),    bSpectralSelect);
-      S.Optional( bHasGrayScale      ).TieCheckBox( XXO("Gray Scale"),         bGrayScale );
+   }
+   S.EndMultiColumn();
+   S.StartMultiColumn(3, wxEXPAND);
+   {
+      S.SetStretchyCol( 2 );
+      auto schemes = SpectrogramSettings::GetColorSchemeNames();
+      S.Optional( bHasSpecColorScheme).TieChoice( XXO("Spectro. Color scheme:"), mSpecColorScheme,
+         Msgids( schemes.data(), schemes.size() ) );
    }
    S.EndMultiColumn();
 }
@@ -435,8 +444,8 @@ bool SetTrackVisualsCommand::ApplyInner(const CommandContext & context, Track *
    if( wt && bHasSpectralSelect ){
       wt->GetSpectrogramSettings().spectralSelection = bSpectralSelect;
    }
-   if( wt && bHasGrayScale ){
-      wt->GetSpectrogramSettings().isGrayscale = bGrayScale;
+   if (wt && bHasSpecColorScheme) {
+      wt->GetSpectrogramSettings().colorScheme = mSpecColorScheme;
    }
 
    return true;
diff --git a/src/commands/SetTrackInfoCommand.h b/src/commands/SetTrackInfoCommand.h
index d6b695d70..e51f228bf 100644
--- a/src/commands/SetTrackInfoCommand.h
+++ b/src/commands/SetTrackInfoCommand.h
@@ -124,7 +124,7 @@ public:
 
    bool bUseSpecPrefs;
    bool bSpectralSelect;
-   bool bGrayScale;
+   int mSpecColorScheme;
 
 // For tracking optional parameters.
    bool bHasColour;
@@ -137,7 +137,7 @@ public:
 
    bool bHasUseSpecPrefs;
    bool bHasSpectralSelect;
-   bool bHasGrayScale;
+   bool bHasSpecColorScheme;
 };
 
 class SetTrackCommand : public SetTrackBase
diff --git a/src/prefs/SpectrogramSettings.cpp b/src/prefs/SpectrogramSettings.cpp
index 6cde50a2b..b97945d44 100644
--- a/src/prefs/SpectrogramSettings.cpp
+++ b/src/prefs/SpectrogramSettings.cpp
@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@ SpectrogramSettings::SpectrogramSettings(const SpectrogramSettings &other)
 #ifdef EXPERIMENTAL_ZERO_PADDED_SPECTROGRAMS
    , zeroPaddingFactor(other.zeroPaddingFactor)
 #endif
-   , isGrayscale(other.isGrayscale)
+   , colorScheme(other.colorScheme)
    , scaleType(other.scaleType)
 #ifndef SPECTRAL_SELECTION_GLOBAL_SWITCH
    , spectralSelection(other.spectralSelection)
@@ -107,7 +107,7 @@ SpectrogramSettings &SpectrogramSettings::operator= (const SpectrogramSettings &
 #ifdef EXPERIMENTAL_ZERO_PADDED_SPECTROGRAMS
       zeroPaddingFactor = other.zeroPaddingFactor;
 #endif
-      isGrayscale = other.isGrayscale;
+      colorScheme = other.colorScheme;
       scaleType = other.scaleType;
 #ifndef SPECTRAL_SELECTION_GLOBAL_SWITCH
       spectralSelection = other.spectralSelection;
@@ -154,6 +154,23 @@ const EnumValueSymbols &SpectrogramSettings::GetScaleNames()
    return result;
 }
 
+//static
+const EnumValueSymbols &SpectrogramSettings::GetColorSchemeNames()
+{
+   static const EnumValueSymbols result{
+      // Keep in correspondence with enum SpectrogramSettings::ColorScheme:
+      /* i18n-hint: New color scheme for spectrograms */
+      XO("Color (New)") ,
+      /* i18n-hint: color scheme from theme for spectrograms */
+      XO("Color (from Theme)") ,
+      /* i18n-hint: grayscale color scheme for spectrograms */
+      XO("Grayscale") ,
+      /* i18n-hint: inverse grayscale color scheme for spectrograms */
+      XO("Inv. Grayscale") ,
+   };
+   return result;
+}
+
 //static
 const TranslatableStrings &SpectrogramSettings::GetAlgorithmNames()
 {
@@ -227,6 +244,7 @@ bool SpectrogramSettings::Validate(bool quiet)
       ScaleType(std::max(0,
          std::min((int)(SpectrogramSettings::stNumScaleTypes) - 1,
             (int)(scaleType))));
+   colorScheme = std::max(0, std::min(csNumColorScheme-1, colorScheme));
    algorithm = Algorithm(
       std::max(0, std::min((int)(algNumAlgorithms) - 1, (int)(algorithm)))
    );
@@ -254,7 +272,7 @@ void SpectrogramSettings::LoadPrefs()
 
    gPrefs->Read(wxT("/Spectrum/WindowType"), &windowType, eWinFuncHann);
 
-   isGrayscale = (gPrefs->Read(wxT("/Spectrum/Grayscale"), 0L) != 0);
+   colorScheme = ColorScheme(gPrefs->Read(wxT("/Spectrum/ColorScheme"), 0L));
 
    scaleType = ScaleType(gPrefs->Read(wxT("/Spectrum/ScaleType"), 0L));
 
@@ -302,7 +320,7 @@ void SpectrogramSettings::SavePrefs()
 
    gPrefs->Write(wxT("/Spectrum/WindowType"), windowType);
 
-   gPrefs->Write(wxT("/Spectrum/Grayscale"), isGrayscale);
+   gPrefs->Write(wxT("/Spectrum/ColorScheme"), (int) colorScheme);
 
    gPrefs->Write(wxT("/Spectrum/ScaleType"), (int) scaleType);
 
@@ -361,10 +379,10 @@ void SpectrogramSettings::UpdatePrefs()
       gPrefs->Read(wxT("/Spectrum/WindowType"), &windowType, eWinFuncHann);
    }
 
-   if (isGrayscale == defaults().isGrayscale) {
+   if (colorScheme == defaults().colorScheme) {
       int temp;
-      gPrefs->Read(wxT("/Spectrum/Grayscale"), &temp, 0L);
-      isGrayscale = (temp != 0);
+      gPrefs->Read(wxT("/Spectrum/ColorScheme"), &temp, 0L);
+      colorScheme = ColorScheme(temp);
    }
 
    if (scaleType == defaults().scaleType) {
diff --git a/src/prefs/SpectrogramSettings.h b/src/prefs/SpectrogramSettings.h
index f608a5133..5a486ccc9 100644
--- a/src/prefs/SpectrogramSettings.h
+++ b/src/prefs/SpectrogramSettings.h
@@ -67,6 +67,7 @@ public:
    };
 
    static const EnumValueSymbols &GetScaleNames();
+   static const EnumValueSymbols &GetColorSchemeNames();
    static const TranslatableStrings &GetAlgorithmNames();
 
    static SpectrogramSettings &defaults();
@@ -128,7 +129,17 @@ public:
    size_t GetFFTLength() const; // window size (times zero padding, if STFT)
    size_t NBins() const;
 
-   bool isGrayscale;
+   typedef int ColorScheme;
+   enum ColorSchemeValues : int {
+      // Keep in correspondence with AColor::gradient_pre
+      csColorNew = 0,
+      csColorTheme,
+      csGrayscale,
+      csInvGrayscale,
+
+      csNumColorScheme,
+   };
+   ColorScheme colorScheme;
 
    ScaleType scaleType;
 
diff --git a/src/prefs/SpectrumPrefs.cpp b/src/prefs/SpectrumPrefs.cpp
index 2f6a9143c..e78f39279 100644
--- a/src/prefs/SpectrumPrefs.cpp
+++ b/src/prefs/SpectrumPrefs.cpp
@@ -101,7 +101,7 @@ enum {
    ID_GAIN,
    ID_RANGE,
    ID_FREQUENCY_GAIN,
-   ID_GRAYSCALE,
+   ID_COLOR_SCHEME,
    ID_SPECTRAL_SELECTION,
 #endif
    ID_DEFAULTS,
@@ -223,11 +223,12 @@ void SpectrumPrefs::PopulateOrExchange(ShuttleGui & S)
                S.Id(ID_FREQUENCY_GAIN).TieNumericTextBox(XXO("High &boost (dB/dec):"),
                mTempSettings.frequencyGain,
                8);
+
+            S.Id(ID_COLOR_SCHEME).TieChoice(XXO("Color Sche&me:"),
+               mTempSettings.colorScheme,
+               Msgids( SpectrogramSettings::GetColorSchemeNames() ) );
          }
          S.EndMultiColumn();
-
-         S.Id(ID_GRAYSCALE).TieCheckBox(XXO("Gra&yscale"),
-            mTempSettings.isGrayscale);
       }
       S.EndStatic();
    }
@@ -584,7 +585,7 @@ BEGIN_EVENT_TABLE(SpectrumPrefs, PrefsPanel)
    EVT_TEXT(ID_GAIN, SpectrumPrefs::OnControl)
    EVT_TEXT(ID_RANGE, SpectrumPrefs::OnControl)
    EVT_TEXT(ID_FREQUENCY_GAIN, SpectrumPrefs::OnControl)
-   EVT_CHECKBOX(ID_GRAYSCALE, SpectrumPrefs::OnControl)
+   EVT_CHOICE(ID_COLOR_SCHEME, SpectrumPrefs::OnControl)
    EVT_CHECKBOX(ID_SPECTRAL_SELECTION, SpectrumPrefs::OnControl)
 
 END_EVENT_TABLE()
diff --git a/src/tracks/playabletrack/wavetrack/ui/SpectrumView.cpp b/src/tracks/playabletrack/wavetrack/ui/SpectrumView.cpp
index bb0204d61..8b29d9c99 100644
--- a/src/tracks/playabletrack/wavetrack/ui/SpectrumView.cpp
+++ b/src/tracks/playabletrack/wavetrack/ui/SpectrumView.cpp
@@ -215,7 +215,7 @@ void DrawClipSpectrum(TrackPanelDrawingContext &context,
    freqHi = selectedRegion.f1();
 #endif
 
-   const bool &isGrayscale = settings.isGrayscale;
+   const int &colorScheme = settings.colorScheme;
    const int &range = settings.range;
    const int &gain = settings.gain;
 
@@ -576,7 +576,7 @@ void DrawClipSpectrum(TrackPanelDrawingContext &context,
             : clip->mSpecPxCache->values[correctedX * hiddenMid.height + yy];
 
          unsigned char rv, gv, bv;
-         GetColorGradient(value, selected, isGrayscale, &rv, &gv, &bv);
+         GetColorGradient(value, selected, colorScheme, &rv, &gv, &bv);
 
 #ifdef EXPERIMENTAL_FFT_Y_GRID
          if (fftYGrid && yGrid[yy]) {